Fence.



i No. 888,905. I PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

J. F. JOHNSON.

FENCE. APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 7, 1908.

" flaw/am I TUNE JOHN FRANKLIN JOHNSON, OF PORT DEPOSIT, MARYLAND.

FENOE.

No. seaeoe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented may 26, 1908.

Application filed. March 7, 1908. Serial No. 419,789

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, JOHN FRANKLIN JOHN- soN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Port Deposit, in the county of Oecil and an improved fence ofthe character described which may be readily shipped knocked a down and set upwvithout the aid of any skilled labor.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

i In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form of the fence. fig. 2 is a transverse section thereth'rough. Fig. 3 is a detail iew of a portion of one of the channel irons. Fig. 4 1s a vertical side elevation of another form of the fence. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the second form. Fig. 6 is a vie similar to Fig. 3, for use with the second form.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the raw mgs.

The numeral 10 indicates the fence post 1 which may be made as here shown of a flat piece of bar metal, or, ii desired. may be of ornamental cast iron.

preference.

Between each pair of posts extend channel lrons 11 and 12, the channel iron 11 be ing that at the top, and that indicated by "the numeral 12 at the bottom.

riveted, or otherwise fastened to'these chan- Securely 11 and 12 are in the desired position and bolts 14 are provided to hold the same together. In' t e channel iron 11 is formed a series of spaced openings 15, these openings "in the preferred form being arranged along a median line and havin semi-circular ends and flat sides, the lengt 1 of the opening be ing somewhat less than twice its Width. -In

the channel iron 12 are formed a series of openings 16, circular in plan positioned to correspond with theopenings 15 in the channel iron 11. Pickets are provided to extend through these openings. These pickets are preferably of round bar iron, and are provided with a straight body portion, as indicated at 17, and reversely curved portion as shown at 18, this portion forming an offset of one half the diameter of the rod. A return bend 19' is formed beyond the reverse curve 18 and the outer end of the return bend is provided with a beveled )oint 20 adapted to fit the reverse bend 18 of the ad jacent picket and a notch 21 on the side opposite of the bevel '20.

in the form ofthe device shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 there is sim 1y a duplication of the elements shown in the other figures, and the ur ose of this is to make a fence which shall e dloser than the preferred form. In order to accomplish this doubling, it is necessary that there be two series of openings 15 and 16 disposed in arallel lines on the channel web. Otherwise t 1e device is the same.

It. is to be observed that the channel iron 11 and end of the picket, as at 20, are so arranged that the end 20 will lie within the channel and thus prevent its being seen.

It is further to be observed in the construction by means of the reverse bend 18 the apearance of the fence is that of a single rod field between two bars with a split upper end. in assembling the device all that it is necessary to do is to seat .theposts 10 at a distance equal to the channels 11 and 12, bolt the channels thereto, and insert one of the pickets in the end holes of the channel, forcmg the same down until the notch 21 engages the o ening -15. The next picket is then in- -serte 1n the same manner, and so on to the end. At the end, however, it is preferred to secure the fence with a tightly fitting rod 22 with a simple straight body, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. There 18 thus provided a simple, ornamental, economical fence which may be shipped in pieces and readily assembled without the aid of any special skill.

It is to be observed that the fence above I described constitutes the rinci al element of the invention, but shou d it e desired to render the same more ornamental this may be done by the insertion of additional pickets and a mid-rail or the like, as indicated at 23 in Fig. 1, and this latter may be made'as ornainental as the occasion requires.- What is claimed is v 1. In a fence of the character described, a picket formed of bar metal having a straight ody ortion, a U bend at the upper end thereo said U bend being ofi set from the bod ortion b a reverse curve, the outer y F y bend adjacent the hole in the upper rail, a return bend above the upper rail provided inv the outer end thereof with a bevel portion and a notch, sa-id notch being arranged to engage the end of an opening insaid upper rail and said bevel portion being arranged to bear against the reverse bend of the adjacent picket.

3. In a fence, posts, channel iron rails de-- tachably secured to 'said posts, said rails being each provided with a series of holes in th webs thereof, a series of pickets of bar metal com rising a straight body portion extending elow the top rail, a reverse bend lying within the limits of the flange of said top rail, a straight upwardly extending portion above said top rai being offset by the reverse bend a distance equal to one half the width of said bar iron, a return bend above said last mentioned straight portion, a downwardly extending straight portion contacting with the upwardly extending portion of the adjacent picket and provided with a bevel end to fit the reverse bend and a notch to engage the opening in the upper rail, said bevel end being held within t 1 limits of the flange of said up er rail.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANKLIN JOHNSON. 'Witnesses:

DAVID HonN, GEO. P. WRIGHT. 

